RSV

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RSV is a widely used mid-20th-century English translation of the Bible that sought to update archaic language while retaining a traditional literary style.

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RSV canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bible translation
English Bible translation
abbreviation RSV
basedOnTexts Greek New Testament critical editions
Masoretic Text
surface form: Hebrew Masoretic Text

Septuagint
surface form: Septuagint (for some passages)
catholicEditionPublicationYear 1965
1966
centuryOfOrigin 20th century
completeBiblePublicationYear 1952
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticizedBy some conservative evangelicals
derivedFrom American Standard Version
King James Version
ecumenicalSponsorship National Council of Churches
surface form: National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
fullName Revised Standard Version
goal retain traditional literary style
update archaic language
hasEdition RSV Catholic Edition
RSV Expanded Edition
RSV Catholic Edition
surface form: RSV Second Catholic Edition
includes Apocrypha (in early editions)
surface form: Apocrypha

New Testament
Bible
surface form: Old Testament
influenced English Standard Version
New Revised Standard Version
language English
literaryStyle traditional
newTestamentPublicationYear 1946
1952
notableFeature retention of traditional biblical phrasing with updated vocabulary
oldTestamentPublicationYear 1952
praisedFor literary quality
scholarly accuracy
publisher National Council of Churches
Thomas Nelson
religiousTradition Christianity
successor New Revised Standard Version
targetAudience English-speaking Christians
translationType formal equivalence
usedBy Anglican Communion
surface form: Anglican churches

Catholic churches
Protestant churches
usedIn academic biblical studies
liturgical readings
personal Bible study

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